ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Government forces were seen retreating from the battlefield Wednesday as Russia-backed rebels continued their onslaught on the railroad junction of Debaltseve, the epicenter of fighting between the separatist and government troops in eastern Ukraine....
(Reuters) - The United States and Turkey have reached a tentative agreement to train and equip moderate Syrian opposition fighters and expect to sign the pact soon, U.S. and Turkish officials said on Tuesday with Ankara predicting a signing in days. The U.S. military has said...
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(Zaman Al Wasl)- 7 rebel fighters, including two army defectors, were killed on Tuesday near Dumeir city in the eastern district of Qalamoun, Local Coordination Committee said. Reports say rebels were ambushed by Syrian regime forces near the desert city of Dumeir....
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by allied militias have launched a major offensive on southern suburbs of Damascus, pressing a campaign against rebels posing one of the biggest remaining threats to the capital, activists said Tuesday. Activist Abu Hamza...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian army backed by allied militia has captured several villages north of Aleppo from insurgents and blocked a main supply route leading into the northern city amid heavy fighting, Reuters said on Tuesday. The Britain-based Syrian...
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(Reuters) - A Syrian insurgent group on Monday criticized as "biased" a United Nations envoy seeking a ceasefire between government forces and armed groups in Aleppo and said it would not meet him. The Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) statement followed comments on Friday by...
(AP) — A rocket attack on a government-held neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo Monday killed at least nine civilians, including children, Syrian state media and an activist group said. The official SANA news agency said three children were among nine people killed when the...
By Abdullah Al Ghadawi (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria’s opposition representative in Britain resigned months ago but the National Coalition did not disclose, Zaman al-Wasl source says as National Coalition looks for a new one. Walid Saffour, who was appointed as NC...
(Reuters) - Kurdish forces backed by Syrian insurgent groups took control of a hill inside the provincial stronghold of the militant Islamic State group on Sunday after deadly clashes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Kurdish forces, supported by U.S.-led air...
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Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The medical body in Wadi Barada has tried hard to be a lead example of institutional work, as it is the main body providing medical service in Wadi Barada area and surrounding villages. “We have been working in...
(Reuters) - Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led air strikes have regained control of at least 163 villages around the Syrian town of Kobani after driving back Islamic State militants in the past three weeks, a group monitoring the conflict said on Saturday....
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Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl-Special)- The national coalition is witnessing new formation of a hidden bloc to face the new Chief of the Coalition, Khalid Khoja and his new decisions, starting with forwarding the decision of sacking the Coalition’s Ambassador...
(Reuters) - Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels fought fiercely across the east of the country on Friday despite a new peace deal brokered by Germany and France. A ceasefire is due to come into effect from Sunday under the agreement, which also envisages a withdrawal of the...
(Reuters) - The U.N. envoy for Syria said on Friday that President Bashar al-Assad must be part of the solution for easing violence in Syria, and he would continue discussions with him after talks in Damascus earlier this week. The envoy, Staffan de Mistura, is struggling to...
